Tagged: Biology

Science & Technology
11:37 am
Thu January 17, 2013

Are Chimps Interested In Social Networking?

gombechimpanzees.org

Online networking sites have become one of the primary ways humans forge connections with each another. Ian Gilby tells us that Gombe chimps might be just as interested in social networking as we are. He's been studying the ways chimpanzees form coalitions with one another in order to thrive and reproduce.

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Science & Technology
5:45 am
Mon June 20, 2011

UNC Biologist Part of National Plant Study

A biologist at UNC-Chapel Hill is one of 15 scientists chosen to join a national plant research program. Dr. Jeff Dangl studies how plants recognize and respond to diseases. His research is part of a $75 million grant awarded last week by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Dangl says the program has wide implications for human health and the environment.

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